Arthropod entombment in weathering-formed opal (Indonesia - Cicada)

[Oxytropidoceras]

Fossilized Cicada Entombed In Opal Reveals Precious

Gems Can Contain Ancient Life

Rachael Funnell, IFL_Science, October 7, 2023

https://www.iflscience.com/fossilized-cicada-entombed-in-opal-reveals-precious-gems-can-contain-ancient-life-57413

 

Rare Fossil Reveals Cicada Entombed in Opal

An insect trapped in a precious gem points to new places to search for ancient life

Carolyn Wilke, Scientific American

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rare-fossil-reveals-cicada-entombed-in-opal1/

 

The open accesspaper is:

 

Chauviré, B., Houadria, M., Donini, A. et al. Arthropod

entombment in weathering-formed opal: new horizons

for recording life in rocks. Sci Rep 10, 10575 (2020).

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67412-9

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.